On December 17, 2020, Hayden Allen Harris was kidnapped. Hayden and Jamaal Mellish had arranged to meet for a vehicle exchange, but when Hayden arrived, Jamaal forced his fellow soldier into the back of a truck. Hannan Aiken, who was the teenage brother of Jamaal's girlfriend, held Hayden at gunpoint while Jamaal drove him to a small town hundreds of miles away. They shot the 20-year-old in the head and hid his body in the snow, where it was discovered the next day during the town's annual "Santa Ride."